Cooker.



G. G. FOX.

COOKBR.

APPLIOATION FILED APB. 21. 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PAg'lENT OFFICE.

GEORGE "e, Fox, OE KITTANNING, rnNNsYLVArIIA, AssrGNon 'or ONE-FOURTH 'ro JEssE K. JOHNSTON, OE CHARLEROI, PENNsYLvANIn COOKER.

i Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE Gr. Fox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong and State `of Pennsylvania, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in ICookers, of which the following is 4a specification, reference being had therein to 'the accompanying drawing.

This ,invention relates to improvements in cookers, and has for its object to provide a cooker, which comprises a number of utensils7 the arrangement of which can be so varied as rto permit la number of articles of food to be conveniently cooked at the same time. 1

Another object of my invention is to so shape and arrange the parts of the cooker that, when the same is not in use, the various parts thereof can be packed within the main receptacle and the cover be placed in position.

Other'objects and advantages of my invention lwill lappear in the course ofthe following specification.

In the accompanying drawin Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view -t irough the cooker, show-ing the parts assembled therein;

` Fig. .2 is a top plan view of a disk arranged Referring to the drawin which illus# trates the preferred form o my invention, (1,) des'` ates the main receptacle of the cooker. he receptacle (1) is oval in shape and -provided with a =flat bottom (2) from which the-sides (3) slant slightly outwardly. Near ythe top of the rece tacle is formed a circumferential roove (4 which forms on `the inside ofsai receptacle a -projection or ledge .above whic rthe sides as at 3 slant sightly inward, as shown. The top ofthe sidesis rolled or turned over outwardly on a piece of wire (6) to form a ystrengthened rim (7).

Ada ted to fit into the top of the receptacle 1) is a cover (8') provided with a slightly outwardly curved top (9 to the center of which is secured a han le (10). The sides (8a) of the cover have their lower edges turned over a wire (11) to form a bead (11a). By means of this construction, the cover may be pushed down into the top of the receptacle, and -will be held in ace by friction, the sides of the cover wit the beaded edge'. bein squeezed into the inwaj'dly slanting si es of the top of the recepta e.

A slightly oval perforated -disk (12), shown in Fig. 3, haslsecured u on its under side short standards or legs (13 As shown in Fig. l, the standards are adapted to rest on the bottom ofthe receptacle 1. The object of thisl arrangement 1s .that articles -of food, such as meat, etc., can be laced on the disk (12), and be cooked wit the advantage of being subjected all the time to the moisture of the rising steam.

A deep pan (14) formed with a perforated bottom (15) and slanting sides (15), which terminate at the -top in an ont-turned edge (16) is designed to be placed in the receptacle (l) with the edge (16) restin on the ledge (5). Articles'of food place in this pan may be cooked by steam, owing to the perforated bottom.

When it is desired to employ the cooker to stew vegetables etc., the pan (14) can be removed, and in its stead a Vflat oval disk (17) provided with a centrally arranged circular aperture (18) and steam holes (19) may be placed in the receptacle (l) with its outer edge resting on `the led e (5).

A deep round an (20), whlch is provided with sides (21) -s anting outwardly from the bottom up, has its to edge turned over to form a rim (23). T 's pan is adapted to be supported inthe aperture (18) by its n slanting sides resting on the edges thereof. The pan will also prove useful in cooking rice, and Vother cereals as steam will rise through 4the perforations (19) and .keep the rice or cerea moist, thereby avoiding the ll tion (25) can be removed, if desired.

Y eeeoz necessity of stirring while cooking. In order to turn the pan (20) into a tubed cake pan a flat circular disk (24) provided with a central, hollow truncated cone portion (25) is placed therein. In order to bake bread in the pan (20) the disk (24) provided With the hol 0W truncated cone ori;

it the dlsk and cone portions removed it can, of course, also be used as a cake pan.

When it is desired to cook eggs, muiins or other small articles, the disk (17) can be removed with the pan (20), and an oval disk (26) provided with circular apertures (27 preferably six in number, arranged around a smaller central aperture (28) is put in its place. Into the apertures (27 are designed to lit cups (29) formed with rounded bottoms, as shown, or cups of the form designated by the numeral 30. As willbe apparent, it is not necessary that the disk (17) and the pan (20) be removed when it is de- Asired to use the disk (26) and cups (29) or 30 for if anything is cooking in t e an 20 the disk and cups would not inter ere with it. Articles could also' be cooked in the cups (30) by -placing them on the disk (12) at the bottom of the receptaclel (1).

On opposite sides of the receptacle (1) are pivotally connected ears (31), (31), which are so attached that the groove (4 forms a half bearing for the pivots thereo While ieces of sheet metal (32), (32), each provi ed with a groove (32a) are so secured as to form the other half of the bearing.

' Each ear is so shaped at the top as to vform a loop (33). A handle (34) has its ends so bent as to form a hook (35) at each end thereof. The handle, it will be noted, can

be readilyI hooked and-unhooked from the loops (33) of the ears.

Referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen, that when not in' use, the various arts of the cooker can all be so packed in t e receptacle (1) that the cover (8) can be placed thereon.

On the bottom disk (12) can be placed theV six cups of the ty e designated by the numeral (30). The eep pan (14) can then be placed in position, and then they disk (17) with the pan (20) supported in the central aperture (18). In the pan`(20) is placed` the disk 24 with the tube portion (25), and then the disk (26) can be placed thereon with the top of the tube projecting through the central aperture (28), when the cups (29) with rounded bottoms can be placed in the circular apertures (27) and the cover (8) `can then be placed in position.

As will be readily apparent, the various utensils described 1n connection with my cooker can be arranged in a variety of combinations to suit the needs of the person.

using the same.

What I claim is 1. In a cooker, a main receptacle having a projection or ledge Vformed on its interior adjacent to the top and its sides slanting inwardly above said ledge, aldeep pan suspended in the upper part of the main receptacle and having a perforated bottom and an outwardly curved flange on its upper edge, resting on and fitting over the ledge on the main receptacle, a disk apertured for the su port of cooking utensils, and the passage o steam, said disk resting on the curved flanged edge of the pan, a deep pan extending through said disk and resting on the bottom of the first-mentioned deep pan, there being a space between the sldes of said pans, and a cover having depending sides sprung into frictional engagement with the inwardly slanting sides of the main receptacle at its top, and resting on said disk, there being a space between the top of adjacent to the top, and its sides slanting.

inwardly above said ledge, av deep pan suspended in the upper part of the main receptacle, .and havmg a perforated bottom, and an outwardly curved flange on its up er edgelresting on and ittin over the ledge on the main receptacle, a disk apertured for the support of cooking utensils, andthe passage of steam, said disk resting on the curved flanged edge of the pan, a deep pan extending throu h said dlsk, and resting on the bottom o the first-mentioned deep pan, there being a space between the sldes of said pans, a disk resting on the top of the second deep pan and havinga central aperture, and a number of apertures for supporting culinary vessels, a fiat disk with a centra truncated cone located in the second deep pan and having'the cone projecting throu h the said a ertured disk and a cover with spending si es held in frictional engagement with the slantingside portions of the main receptacle, and resting on'thev first-mentioned perforated disk.

3.- In a cooker, the combination of a primary receptacle provided with a continuous groove formed 1n the' outer faces of the sides, said groove producing a continuous horizontal shoulder extending into the receptacle, said receptacle provided above the shoulder with a portion constituting aipassed disk for clamping the same a ain'st the shoulder, the depending ange o the cover being provided with a continuous "socketflange u on its outer face and the beaded up er e ge of the rimary receptacle lnorma y engaging sald socket, whereby the beaded edge of the receptacle and the cover constitute an interlocklng fastening-device for securing the cover and article-supporting member inl an assembled position.

. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signa ture in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE G. FOX. Witnesses:

M. E. SHAW, J. S. WILLIAMS. 

